You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me
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"You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me" is a classic 1962 soul song written by Smokey Robinson, renowned as one of Motown’s most enduring and frequently covered hits.
All labels observed (8)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2760096 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me Context triple: [Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, notableWork, You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me]
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A.
Something’s Got a Hold on Me
"Something’s Got a Hold on Me" is a 1962 soul and R&B song by Etta James, renowned for its powerful vocals and enduring influence on popular music.
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B.
If I Ain't Got You
"If I Ain't Got You" is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys, celebrated for its emotive vocals, piano-driven melody, and enduring popularity as one of her signature songs.
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C.
Just Can't Get Enough
"Just Can't Get Enough" is a pop song performed by Fergie, best known as a member of The Black Eyed Peas, featuring her distinctive vocals over an electro-influenced production.
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D.
You Got Me
"You Got Me" is a Grammy-winning neo-soul/hip-hop song by The Roots featuring Erykah Badu, widely recognized for its innovative blend of live instrumentation and introspective lyricism.
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E.
You Got Me
"You Got Me" is a pop-rock song by American singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw, known for its heartfelt lyrics and soulful vocal delivery.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me Target entity description: "You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me" is a classic 1962 soul song written by Smokey Robinson, renowned as one of Motown’s most enduring and frequently covered hits.
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A.
Something’s Got a Hold on Me
"Something’s Got a Hold on Me" is a 1962 soul and R&B song by Etta James, renowned for its powerful vocals and enduring influence on popular music.
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B.
If I Ain't Got You
"If I Ain't Got You" is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys, celebrated for its emotive vocals, piano-driven melody, and enduring popularity as one of her signature songs.
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C.
Just Can't Get Enough
"Just Can't Get Enough" is a pop song performed by Fergie, best known as a member of The Black Eyed Peas, featuring her distinctive vocals over an electro-influenced production.
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D.
You Got Me
"You Got Me" is a Grammy-winning neo-soul/hip-hop song by The Roots featuring Erykah Badu, widely recognized for its innovative blend of live instrumentation and introspective lyricism.
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E.
You Got Me
"You Got Me" is a pop-rock song by American singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw, known for its heartfelt lyrics and soulful vocal delivery.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| backingVocalist |
Bobby Rogers
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Claudette Robinson ⓘ Marv Tarplin ⓘ Pete Moore ⓘ Ronnie White ⓘ |
| BsideOf | Happy Landing ⓘ |
| composer | Smokey Robinson ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describedAs |
Motown classic
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soul standard ⓘ |
| featuresInstrumentalEnsemble | The Funk Brothers ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
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soul ⓘ |
| hasChorusLyric |
I don’t like you, but I love you
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You’ve really got a hold on me ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersion |
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me (Eddie Money version)
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me (Mickey Gilley version)
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me (She & Him version)
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me (The Beatles version)
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me (The Supremes version)
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me (The Temptations version)
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| hasFormat | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Motown catalog ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadVocal | Smokey Robinson ⓘ |
| musicalEra | 1960s ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being frequently covered by other artists
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being one of Motown’s most enduring hits ⓘ |
| originalArtist |
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
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surface form:
The Miracles
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| performedBy | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ⓘ |
| performer |
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
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surface form:
The Miracles
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| placeOfOrigin |
Detroit
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surface form:
Detroit, Michigan
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| producer |
Berry Gordy
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Smokey Robinson ⓘ |
| recordedForAlbum | The Fabulous Miracles ⓘ |
| recordingDate | 1962 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Motown
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Tamla ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1962 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | conflicted romantic feelings ⓘ |
| tempo | slow to mid-tempo ⓘ |
| vocalist | Smokey Robinson ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | call-and-response ⓘ |
| writer | Smokey Robinson ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me Description of subject: "You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me" is a classic 1962 soul song written by Smokey Robinson, renowned as one of Motown’s most enduring and frequently covered hits.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
You Really Got a Hold on Me
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me
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hasCoverVersion
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You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me (The Beatles version)
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me
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hasCoverVersion
→
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me (The Supremes version)
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me
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hasCoverVersion
→
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me (The Temptations version)
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me
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hasCoverVersion
→
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me (Eddie Money version)
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me
→
hasCoverVersion
→
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me (Mickey Gilley version)
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me
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hasCoverVersion
→
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me (She & Him version)